Although we aimed to compile a long list of female icons, those were inspiring enough to challenge the societal norms and values in the Egyptian cinema industry, but it is still challenging to find a big quota of such movie characters in an industry which إقرأ المزيد

Many believe that you can either be a Muslim or a Feminist, but you can’t be both, some see women in Islamic countries are suffering from a brutal reality, while others see that Feminism is to drag women away of Islamic path and rules. On إقرأ المزيد

Two streams of thought argue about the relation between feminism and outer appearances; one of them claims that feminists should discard any adornment, believing that it’s a kind of subjection to patriarchal institutions, while the other seeks to argue that women should use whatever means إقرأ المزيد

“Jane Eyre” is a magnificent novel written by “Charlotte Bronte”, it was published on 16 October 1847, and is widely considered to be one of the first feminist novels, as it tackled very early the idea of woman being on the same-equal footage with the إقرأ المزيد

“Disturbing” is the word described by the actress, Jessica Chastain, about the state of women portrayed in the films of the Cannes film festival 2017, as the Guardian article revealed, because such films do not represent the values witnessed in the daily life of strong, إقرأ المزيد

The path for women emotional independence is hindered by corporate hurdles in private and public sectors Egypt ranks low in gender equity compared to other countries worldwide. The 2016 Global Gender Gap Index, which measures disparities between men and women across countries, ranks Egypt at إقرأ المزيد

Perhaps a good title for this article’s theme will be “sleeping with the enemy”, named after a film of the same name starring Julia Roberts in 1991. The film’s plot is a strong reminiscent of the “victim’s marriage to her rapist” concept, for having ” إقرأ المزيد

Painting on the walls or the graffiti art, played a significant role after the 25th of January revolution on both levels, the freedom of expression and changing how the people think about some matters especially those related to women. The Graffiti served a great feminist إقرأ المزيد

2016 will bid us a farewell in the forthcoming days without any conclusive solutions in the foreseen horizon regarding deep feminist issues such as Domestic violence, marital rape, female illiteracy and deprivation of women’s inheritance in Upper Egypt. When we look back on 2016, we إقرأ المزيد

Not many people know that the Egyptian Cinema, was pioneered by women in production and acting before “Talaat Harb” was to initiate Studio Misr in 1937. Female icons such as “Aziza Ameer” established her own film company in 1927, followed by “Assya Dagher”, “Mary Queen” إقرأ المزيد

A poll lauded for its accuracy shows Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump virtually tied with just few days to go before the presidential election. The poll shows Clinton at 42 percent compared to Trump’s 41 percent; a person has to reconsider to what إقرأ المزيد